DNA extraction kits, made in South Africa.
Spin-column kits for genomic DNA, manufactured locally and shipped in days — instead of the weeks it takes an imported kit to clear a border.
Sample goes in with lysis buffer and proteinase K. Cells rupture and genomic DNA goes into solution.
Silica membrane extraction · schematic
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Order on Monday, extract on Thursday
An imported kit is quoted in weeks and delivered in months. Customs, freight consolidation and a distributor's stock cycle each add their own delay.
We manufacture in-country, so a reorder is a courier job. Our target is delivery within days anywhere in South Africa.
PO raised
Freight
Customs
Delivered
Order to bench · schematic
Priced in rand, so your budget survives the exchange rate
Reagent budgets are set annually and spent in dollars. A bad quarter for the rand quietly removes experiments from your plan.
Local manufacturing removes the currency leg. We are targeting 20–30% below the landed cost of an equivalent imported kit.
- List price
- Freight
- Duty & clearing
- Distributor margin
Local manufacturing removes the freight, duty and clearing legs.
Landed cost · schematic
The people who made the kit will answer the phone
A support ticket routed through three time zones arrives the next working day, if it arrives at all.
We are in your time zone, and the team that answers is the team running the QC. Ask about a specific lot and you'll get the record for it.
Support · schematic
Built for the work African labs actually run
Genomic DNA in, clean template out. The downstream applications we are designing against:
PCR and qPCR
Template clean enough to avoid inhibition
Sequencing prep
Intact high-molecular-weight DNA for library prep
Teaching laboratories
A protocol a second-year student can follow
Diagnostics research
Consistent yield across sample batches
Strain typing
Reproducible recovery from bacterial culture
What a slow reagent order actually costs
6–12 weeks
Typical lead time
Between raising a purchase order and unpacking the box, for a kit made on another continent.
Import + freight
On top of list price
Duty, freight, distributor margin and clearing costs all land on a consumable you buy every month.
One shortage
Stops the bench
A global backorder or a shipping disruption idles a project that had nothing to do with either.
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Ten labs, the same samples, side by side. Kits are on us for the pilot, and the comparison data is yours.